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OSPOXFRD 16: Cultural Studies, Media, Literacy

Background to British Cultural Studies and adaptation to contemporary British culture. "Everyday life" through the lens of the mid-twentieth century British cultural studies critique. Differences between everyday life of that time and today, looking at topics including the increased number of racial and religious minorities in Britain and the virtual world of today's culture. Is it possible to answer the question, "What is British?"
Terms: Aut | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci

OSPOXFRD 17: Novels of Sensation: Gothic, Detective Story, Prohibition, and Transgression in Victorian Fiction

Literary and moral value of transgressive sub-genres of the novel; what they reveal about Victorian society's anxiety over prohibited elements in the domestic and public spheres. Sources include gothic and detective novels.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Plaskitt, E. (PI)

OSPOXFRD 18: Making Public Policy: An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

UK and U.S. What should society look like? How should incomes be distributed? How should it be taxed? How much inequality is acceptable? The overlap of economics with practical politics through political philosophy behind the government decisions; how public policy ought to be formulated. Issues include poverty, environmental policy, trade and globalization, and transport.
Terms: Win | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom

OSPOXFRD 19: The Historical Novel - Fact, Fiction, and Writing

History and historical fiction. Contemporary historical fiction as a genre in which authors blend traditional styles with new ones to inquire into contemporary history. We will look at the ways national and global shifts in history have disrupted and reconfigured societies and cultures. Titles include Scott, Waverly, O'Brien, Master and Commander, Ishiguro, Remains of the Day, McEwan, Atonement, Carpentier, Kingdom of This World, Ghosh, The Shadow Lines.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum

OSPOXFRD 23: William Blake: Poet and Painter

In a stunning array of illuminated poetry William Blake taught the power of the human imagination to transform the world and the power of critical thinking. Students will study the work of this major Romantic figure in philosophical and cultural context, with an emphasis on gender and sexuality, class and race, and produce a creative or original critical research work of their own. Blake walking tour in London and visit to Tate Gallery.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors: Gigante, D. (PI)

OSPOXFRD 24: British and American Constitutional Systems in Comparative Perspective

Introduction to the study of constitutions and constitutional systems of government. The workings of the British and American systems of government. Comparative study of the most important constitutional issues facing Britain and the U.S. such as how suspected terrorists should be treated in a time of war. How to think about fundamental constitutional questions.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci

OSPOXFRD 35: Modern UK and European Government and Politics

Background of main political systems in Europe and recent developments in European politics. Topics: Blair's constitutional reforms; the consequences of the German reunification; Berlusconi's rise to power in Italy; the extreme right in France and elsewhere; the single currency; the enlargement of the EU; and proposals for a constitution and their recent rejection by the French and Dutch electorates.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci

OSPOXFRD 39: Romantic Poetry

Introduction to the major Romantic poets: William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and John Keats. Emphasis on innovative use of verse form, from lyrical ballads to conversation poems to closet drama, and poetic theory. Visit to The Keats House, London and National Portrait Gallery, London.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors: Gigante, D. (PI)

OSPOXFRD 41: Europe and US Foreign Policy

Relationship between the United States and Europe, with an emphasis on developments since 1990. Sources of conflict and cooperation in this relationship; how governments on both sides of the Atlantic manage contradictory tendencies of friendship and mistrust. Topics include: U.S.-European defense cooperation; influence of European states on American decisions to use force; origin and nature of "special relationship" between Britain and the United States; European responses to U.S. power; sources and consequences of anti-Americanism in European publics.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors: Schultz, K. (PI)

OSPOXFRD 43: Anthropology, Material Culture, and the Meanings of Space

Local and global consequences of the use of space. Effects of transition; experiences of individual and societal realms of perception and reception of material culture. Material culture found in museums and archive collections in Oxford, including objects, paintings, photographs and film footage, as well as the structures that house them. Notion of representation, how we interact with tangible and intangible spaces, and how we position ourselves in the process.
Terms: Win | Units: 4
Instructors: Kahn, A. (PI)
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